Music News (8/14/19)

Warner Chappell Music, Round Hill Music Announce Global Partnership

Warner Chappell Music has inked an exclusive sub-publishing agreement with Round Hill Music. Warner Chappell will administer Round Hill copyrights around the world, excluding the United States, the British Isles and the Nordics. Warner Chappell Music will also explore creative opportunities for Round Hill songs and songwriters across the globe.

Round Hill was founded in 2010 by Josh Gruss along with Richard Rowe and Neil Gillis. Its catalog includes hit songs such as “Happy Together,” “All of Me,” “She Loves You,” “Video Killed The Radio Star,” “Calendar Girl,” “Living In America,” “Cool Kids,” “Best Day Of My Life,” “Fever,” “I Saw Her Standing There,” “Stop! In the Name of Love,” “The Kids Are Alright,” “Total Eclipse Of The Heart,” “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” “Bye, Bye, Bye,” “When a Man Loves a Woman,” “Cherry Pie,” “Land of A Thousand Dances,” I Feel Good,” “Marry You,” “What A Wonderful World,” and many more.

Gable Bradley has inked a worldwide co-publishing deal with Cornman Music and Warner Chappell Music.

The singer/songwriter has performed all over the Southeast from Florida’s panhandle to the Ozarks in Missouri. With a duffle bag and guitar, the Hot Springs native moved to Nashville in 2016 where he continues to hone his craft.

Bradley is represented by CDA Entertainment and BMI.

Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame Announces Inductees For 2019

The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2019 Aug. 7. Dwight Yoakam, Larry Gatlin, Rivers Rutherford, Marcus Hummon, Sharon Vaughn and Kostas Lazarides will be formally inducted during the awards show on Oct. 14, to be held at Nashville’s Music City Center.

The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame was launched in 1970 and includes more than 200 inductees, including Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks and more.

A few weeks ago, Big Loud Records artist Morgan Wallen celebrated his biggest hit yet with “Whiskey Glasses,” which spent three weeks at No. 1 on the country charts. The track follows Wallen’s first chart-topper, “Up Down,” which featured Florida Georgia Line and went to No. 1 on both the Billboard Country Airplay chart and Mediabase/Country Aircheck chart.

“It’s one of the earlier songs I heard that were being pitched to me,” Wallen tells MusicRow of “Whiskey Glasses,” which was penned by Ben Burgess and “All About That Bass” writer Kevin Kadish. “As soon as I heard it, I thought it was unique and all the clever, double entendres. Also, just the feel and phrasing I thought was unique. The only thing we added in production was between the chorus and the ‘Whiskey Glasses’ line at the end, just a couple of little phrases to fill in the space there.”